ligustrum

[ li-guhs-truhm ]

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noun

any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.

< New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin: privet

Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."

The term white wax is also often applied to Chinese wax, which is formed from an insect living on the tree Ligustrum lucidum.

On the 27th of August, 1884, branches of the ligustrum coated with wax were brought to me.

Ligustrum ovalifolium, ovalifolium elegantissimum, and vulgare.

The vegetation is precisely the same as at Juggur, with the exception of a Ligustrum, which is common along the nullah.

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